1 Kings 2:8-18
English Standard Version
Chapter 2
8And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ 9Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol."
10Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
11And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
13Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" He said, "Peacefully."
14Then he said, "I have something to say to you." She said, "Speak."
15He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother 's, for it was his from the Lord.
16And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Speak."
17And he said, "Please ask King Solomon — he will not refuse you — to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."
18Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak for you to the king."
